Paper doll.



F. W. SOOY.

PAPER DOLL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. I911.

Patented July 30, 1918.

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FRANKLIN w. SOOY, or ASBUBY rAnK, NEW JERSEY. 1

'PAPER DOLL;

7 Specification of Letters lfatentp P at ented July 30, 1918.

Application filed se ptember 5, 1917. Serial No. 189,731;

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN SooY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Asbury Park, in the county of Monmouth and State of New. Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Dolls, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My inventlon relates to certa n'new and useful improvements in dressingdolls, of

paper or like material. The objectlof the iii-- vention is to enable scraps of cloth or fabric or ordinary rags to be utilized by children and others for the purpose of dressing the dolls without the need of having the dresses or apparel prepared as complete articles for the purpose; as also to permit ribbons and scraps thereof and decorative articles to be employed for dressing and adornmentlin any desiredmanner. The invention,there-* fore, consists ofa blank or a form of a doll,

whether the same be of a man, woman, child, dog, or other animal, provided with suitable slitsor cuts, on convenient-lines soasto adapt said slits or cutspfor the attachment thereto of the scrap articles to be worn, the

same being capable of frequent changing and interchanging, and also theinvention comprises numerous details and peculiarities .in the construction, arrangement, and comb 1 nation ofv the various parts, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention Figure 1 is an elevational view of a speci men paper doll constructed .in accordance with my present invention, and with thedetachable articles of apparel removedtherefrom. f i Fig. 2 is a. similar'viewshowing articles of apparel consisting of dress, waist, stockings and head bow attached thereto through the use of thefeatures devised and invented by me. 7 r V Fig. 3 is an enlargedvertical section on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 2.; i V i Fig, 4 is a rear View of the same doll the piece of abric passed at the back through the cuts in the blank.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on thelinei 5, 5 of Fig. 2.

figures of the drawing.

corresponding parts throughout the different '1 denotes a 'doll blank, which may be a card of square or r'ectangularor, other form. It maybe of ordinary paper or cardboard havingsuflicient stiffness for the purpose, or itmay be ofother material and made in any other desiredhmanner. This blank is provided'with a figure2 ofa man, woman, b0y,:

girl, dog,, cat or other animal, whichfigure may belinarked, stamped, printed or other; wise placed thereon, either in' outline, or properly painted, colored orembellished so as tojpresent'a neat appearance. I desire to claiinas widely as possiblethe privilege ofusing and making such a, doll figure, as the invent ion is not limited to any particular form. 1 f i V Said figure. 2 is provided at certain points with slits or cuts arranged on, lines corre sp ondingto the lines of portions of the figure, or otherwise, so.that scraps of fabric -may ,be'inserted through said slits and al-; lowed tocover certain portlons of the figure to present theappearnce of various articles of apparel the edges of the scraps being concealed behind the blank 1. therefore, areso arranged relatively to dif;

These slits ferent parts of the figure that the pieces of cloth will.:when' arranged them produce thedesired effect; thus, for example, in Fig. 1 we see that the d0ll'2 isformed with irregular cuts 3 on the shoulders, downwardly extending curved slits 4 that run alongside of the body. 5, the upper end of said slits .4 7'

being connected across the breast by an irregular slit 6. There are also parallel vertical slits 7 7' on the edges of the legs for a,

short distance, anda small out'8 at the-top of thefhead.

. with a doll figure 2 provided with these varlous slits'orcuts which 111m ust named,

I apply scrapsfof cloth which are" clearly shown'in F1gs. 2and 4. O'n'e'scrap of cloth tlis passed throughethe downwardly-extending slits 4 so thatit will cover the front portion of the body 5 in the manner shown Lin Fig.2, andfmake a; dress, whileat therear; I V 1 of the doll the ends of thescrap 9 wil1 lie shown in Fi 2, and indicates the edges of concealed loosely as shown in Fig. 4., Thus piece of fabric of irregular' -form', and: no

special dimensions or contour; In the same way small pieces of cloth" 10 are pulled through the shoulder slits 3 and make to serve as flowing elbow sleeves, while another piece 11 is passcdirregularly through the slit 6 and if need be through portions of the cuts 8 and 4. so as to cover the upper portion of the dress 9 and serve as a sash. One or more scraps 12 passed through the leg slits 7 provide short stockings for the doll, and a little piece of ribbon 13 drawn through the slit 8 makes a neat bow on the top of the head.

It will be understood that the number of slits, the color, shape and form of the scraps, and the way in which they are passed through the different openings and related and combined, may be infinitely varied without departing from my invention, the essential feature of which is a doll figure blank having slits or cuts to enable the utilization of waste scraps of fabric for dressing and ornamental purposes. In any sewing room a child will find scraps to amuse itself in dressing the dolls with as many changes of apparel as it cares to make, and the household ragbag will furnish a multitude of dresses and other articles of apparel for any number of dolls, so that by this method of dressing a doll the operation is simplified, the number of dresses greatly increased, and all sorts of waste scraps made use of. These scraps by varying in hue and color can be made to present a very bright and tasty relation to each other. I therefore, furnish not only the means for dressing dolls rapidly and in a neat manner but the method of doing same by novel steps. I wish it distinctly understood moreover that the invention is susceptible of wide modifications in the details and that I am not re strictcd to any special or particular features, and I reserve the liberty of varying and changing the same as experience may dictate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim -as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a paper doll or the like, a blank having a figure delineated thereon and a slitted outline and adapted to permit a scrap of fabric to be arranged in connection with the saidoutline so as to provide a dress or article of adornment.

2. In a paper doll or the like, a blank hav ing a figure thereon and a slitted outline relating to the figure, through which slitted outline a scrap of fabric may be passed to serve as apparel or decoration.

3. In a paper doll or the like, a blank having a figure thereon and certain slits relat ing to parts of the figure, through which slits fabric may be passed so as to present an appearance of apparel or decoration on one side of the blank, while the end of said fabric lies loosely concealed on the other side of the blank.

4. As an article of manufacture, the combination with a blank having an outline of a figure thereon and slitte'd at certain points, and a scrap of fabric passed through the said slits so as to serve as an article of apparel O1 adornment on one side of the blank while the ends thereof are concealed on the opposite side. I

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. I

FRANKLIN W. SOOY.

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